This study examined the effect of inflation on the earnings of quoted basic materials manufacturing companies in Nigeria for the period 2010 to 2019. The study adopted inflation (CPI) and interest rate (INR) as the independent variables; and earnings of companies represented by earnings per share (EPS) as the dependent variable. Secondary data for the selected study variables were obtained through analyses of the annual reports of eleven basic materials manufacturing companies quoted on the NSE...
Topics: Basic materials, Earnings, Inflation, Interest, Manufacturing
This study investigated the impact of International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan policy on the growth of the Nigerian economy, using secondary time series data covering the period 1986 to 2018.Data of the study variables International Monetary Fund loans (IMFL), total national savings and real gross domestic product were obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin and database of the Debt Management Office of Nigeria for the period covered. The statistical tools employed for data...
Topics: Economic growth, International Monetary Fund, Loan policy, National savings